Unit 15 We’re trying to save the manatees
on his way home, mr smith heard an old man saying there lived a lot of one-eyed（一只眼）persons on an island. “oh, dear! ”the greedy（貪婪的）man thought to himself, “if i catch a one-eyed man and show him all over the country, i’ll get much money! ”
after he got home, he told his sons to manage the shops instead of him and he went to look for the island, without telling anybody about it. at last he reached the island and saw some one-eyed children. he was to happy that he rushed towards the youngest one and carried him on his back. but he didn’t know the danger was coming to him. a few one-eyed men ran to him with knives in their hands. he threw the child to the ground and was hurrying off, but it was too late. they caught him and showed him on the island because only he had two eyes there!
1. mr smith was a rich s .
2. mr smith h a lot of money but he wanted to get richer.
3. most people in the town v the five-legged cow.
4. mr smith thought the old man’s story was t .
5. mr smith thought he found out a w to get much money.
6. mr smith didn’t tell anybody because he was a someone would know the secret.
7. mr smith chose the youngest child because he thought it was e to take away.
8. the people on the island had n seen a man with two eyes. so mr smith was on show there.
解析 答案：1. 從“he has a few shops in the center there. ”來看，應當填寫shopkeeper。
2. 從“he managed carefully and got a lot of money. ”可以看出，他有很多錢。故應填had。
3. “but people were interested in it and most of them went to see it. ” 已告訴我們，要填visited。
4. 從后來m r smith去那座島上抓一只眼的人就能知道，他認為那個故事是真的，應填true。
5. 從mr smith在聽到老頭講的故事以后的想法，說明他認為找到了一條致富的途徑，應填way。
6. mr smith沒有把計劃告訴任何人，當然是怕別人也知道這個秘密。故應填afraid。
7. 從前面所講的mr smith讓兒子代替他管理商店，說明他的年紀不小。因此，他要帶著小孩離開那個島嶼，就得挑選最小的小孩，以便很容易脫身。所以應當填easy。
8. 由“they caught him and showed him on the island because only he had two eyes there! ”就能知道，島上的人從來沒有見過兩只眼的人。因此應填never。
單元小結
本單元是教材最后一個單元，著重復習前面的內容，它重點復習了現在進行時、一般現在時、一般過去時及used to的用法、被動語態和現在完成時等。在復習時態和語態的同時，學習了一些常用詞語和習慣用法。此外本單元還再現了動名詞作主語、動詞不定式的句法功能以及賓語從句等，還介紹了be made 后跟各種介詞的用法。除此本單元還講述了如何保護動物，認為動物應放入大自然。強調了廢物的回收再利用，此舉對環境保護有特別重要的意義。通過本單元學習，我們應認識到動物是人類的朋友，環保人人有責。